Please join us at the Cleveland Hungarian Museum on Saturday, April 15th, for the 3rd program in our 2023 Spring Lecture Series! “Democratic revolutions in Authoritarian States: Analysis of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the 1980 Polish Solidarity Movement”, Presented by Marcin Zgiep. Modern democracy is a Western (American, British or French) ideal which is […]
We had a great turnout for Dr. János Nádas’s presentation on the subject of Nirvana. Dr. Nádas is the President of the Hungarian Association, a Cleveland-based Hungarian cultural organization that sponsors an annual Congress which provides a forum for discussion of issues that impact Hungarian Americans. Most of our guests are familiar with his work within […]
Zsolt Máté, our speaker on February 11th, presented riveting details about the 1956 Hungarian revolution using various source materials from several presidential libraries, US Department of State archives, and oral histories. His talk illuminated three divergent perspectives on the revolution: Hungary’s expectations, the American governmental point of view, and the American Hungarian perspectives. He situated […]
Please join us on Saturday, March 11th at 2 o’clock at the Hungarian Museum for our program entitled “The Way to Nirvana (Nirvána”). Presented by Dr. John Nádas What is Nirvana? For 2500 years it has been described as the ultimate state of existence. Yet in the current era, what it is is a complete mystery. […]
Steve Emeric (István Imre) Szappanos was an integral part of our Museum! He passed away at age 93 on December 12, 2022. To understand how much we all will miss him, we have provided an extensive list of all his contributions to our Museum. To say that he cared for this cultural institution would be […]
We gathered on November 12th to recognize the 800th anniversary of the promulgation of the “Golden Bull”, a medieval document that defined the rights and duties of early 13th century Hungarian noblemen and their relationship to their king. To understand the significance of this document, we reviewed the laws and customs of medieval Hungary, the […]
The last program of the 2022 Fall Lecture Series was held at the Museum on Saturday, December 10th, with 29 children participating. Their parents and/or their grandparents came along, and all of them were looking forward to visiting with Mikulás Bácsi. While the children waited for the good bishop to arrive, they had the opportunity to participate […]
Give the Gift of Culture to a youngster in your life! Join us at the Hungarian Museum for our Annual Children’s Program on Saturday, December 10th, at the Museum on the lower level of the Galleria in Downtown Cleveland, beginning at 2 o’clock! We welcome children from ages 3-13, and will have age appropriate activities […]
Please join us on Saturday, November 12th at the Cleveland Hungarian Museum at 2 o’clock for the third program in our 2022 Fall Lecture Series entitled The Story of the Golden Bull (Aranybulla) Our presenter will be Andrea Meszaros. Andrea received her B.A. in History from John Carroll University, and her JD from Case Western […]
What does good food, delicious Hungarian wines, lively company and great music spell? V-I-N-T-N-E-R D-I-N-N-E-R!!!!! It was a determined TGIF group who came together on Friday evening, October 14, to celebrate the 26th Vintner Dinner, and to support the Museum with their presence and good cheer. The featured wines that evening were a 2020 “Leányka” […]
